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It's been a long day (I've been up for 24 hours!) but we are home safe and sound. The trip was absolutely amazing in every way and I'm so thankful for the opportunity, but now I'm ready to sleep for about three days. Thanks for following the blog; good night and God ...

... made good time through Chattanooga, which is one of the reasons we left so early. Surprisingly, Knoxville wasn't bad either. We even stopped so the girls could enjoy a sit down breakfast while Dave took care of a last minute conference call for work. Now, it should be smooth sailing right up until we hit rush hour in DC. Ugh. Already dreading it...

... We'll have help getting luggage on the train in DC, but we'll only manage what we can carry on our backs in Munich. Of course, being an engineer means I can approach this problem in only one way: lists, spreadsheets, and charts! The result was two tables divided into columns for each traveler and rows for each continent (photo 1).

Our trip had a rocky start with the discovery of a major oil leak after Laura and I drove to pick Dad up from Nashville. It was a roller coaster of stress when we thought it was a major issue then hoped that it was only something small. Thinking that we had fixed the problem, Dad and I set off for Memphis, via Chattanooga, on Monday morning. The confidence reigned on until we stopped at a look out just before Chattanooga ...

... lunch. Interestingly enough the guy who checked me in told me he had never heard of a Canyon Star before and then we realized that we are parking right next to one. Funny. This is a very small campground, seems to be very quiet, graveled sites, apparently good Wi-Fi and a great place for an overnight travel stopover.

We don’t have cable but we have no obstructions so our Dish connected easily. Maybe we ...